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Antique 1890 Mettlach Stein signed H. Schlitt

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This stein is being relisted because the high bidder on Saturday last was using a stolen identity
and had bid on over FOUR THOUSAND ITEMS under a false identity. Ebay removed this listing
along with thousands of others. Great inconvenience, but the positive side is that you get another
shot at this beauty!

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I offer an incredible 1.8 litre lidded stein from Villeroy Bosch Mettlach
lidded stein, circa 1890, designed and signed by the artist. Heinrich Schlitt.
It stands about 13½" high and is in just about mint condition.

Heinrich Schlitt was born in Biebrich-Mosbach in Nassau (formerly a duchy, but now a part of the German state of Hesse) on August 21, 1849, the son of a ducal civil servant. A propensity to the arts made itself felt early in his life. Although he was a pupil of Wilhelm Lindenschmit, the first person to guide his footsteps down this artistic path was the highly talented Wiesbaden artist, Kaspar Kögler. Schlitt also had Kögler to thank for helping him in a practical way to come into his own element so early. He was one of the favored few who were able to secure and maintain a comfortable livelihood in the arts early in their careers.

In the early 1870s, Schlitt’s path led him to Munich, capital of Bavaria, one of the largest kingdoms in the German Empire. Under the tutelage of Professors Barth and Undenschmit he began his study of oil and watercolor painting. Almost all of his paintings from these decades leading to the turn of the century reflect Schlitt’s belief that his work as a...

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